Archive for: 2012

  THANKYOU TO CHRIS TAYLOR FOR ALL HIS EFFORTS IN RUNNING THE COMRADES MARATHON TO HELP THE HORSES AT THE UNIT 

We need your help!!! The Coastal Horse Care Unit  have rescued 9 really emaciated horses on the 4 September and all except one, has be taken to the Rescue Farm in Cato Ridge. The imported TB Stallion was taken to Vet Hospital as it is badly injured and in a lot of pain. This…

Barry and Joe started this fund raising ride when they left Dalton in KZN in November 2011 with the Journey into the Unknown heading for Cape Town. Joe Dawson and Barry Armitage have done numerous other fundraisers all for horse welfare. Barry and Joe raised R46 692 -62 for the three…

The 2012 Dundee July was held in Dundee on the 21 July. Team Coastal were there at the invitation of The Dept of Sports and Recreation, to monitor the horses and to make sure the horses are fit to compete in the event. The CHCU have been assisting the rural…

Team Coastal went out to treat the Sweetwaters Rural horses. What would these horses do without us. This is the worse time of the year for these horses and a little bit of care from us goes a long way in making these horses a little more comfortable. We find…

NOT FOR SENSITIVE VIEWERS The Coastal Horse Care Unit called out to investigate the truck with injured horses which had been offloaded just outside PMB. The truck had broken down and had been standing on the side of the road with cattle and horses on it for two days. The…

Team Coastal were back in action this weekend doing another outreach clinic near Harding in KZN. This is the first time we have done this area and found the horses treated were in fair condition. We will be working on another six rural clinics over the next few weeks. We…